Excerpt from History of the Johnstown Flood: Including All the Fearful Record; The Breaking of the South Fork Dam; The Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; The Overthrow of Johnstown; The Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Orga Some Heroes of the Flood - The Ride of Collins Graves at Williams burg Recalled - John G. Parke's Heroic Warning - Gallant Self sacrifice of Daniel Peyton - Mrs. Ogle, the Intrepid Telegraph Operator - Wholesale Lite Saving by Miss Nina Speck. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.